Type-distributing device.



w. MANN.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.8, 1911.

1,051,605, Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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WILLIAM MANN, OF BUCKHURST HILL, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICANMULTIGRAPH COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1911.

Patented Jan. 28 1913.

Serial No. 607,244.

T0 alt *ushom it may concern.

Be it known that I, (VILLIAM *MANN, a subjectof the King of GreatBritain, residing at Buckhurst Hill, in the county of Essex, England,have invented a certain new ,and useful Improvement in Type-DisributingDevices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawin s.

lhe object of this invention is to provide a very simple and efficient.hand implement for holding a line of type and distributing it. Thistool is especially well adapted for operating with short type grooved onits opposite sides.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and its essentialcharacteristics set out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the implementcomplete except that the upper end of the tool is broken away; Figs. 2and 3 are vertical sections through the implement shown in Fig. 1,-Fig.2 showing the spring gate in normal position, and Fig. 3 showing it inposition justafter it has discharged a type; Fig. t is an end elevationof the implement; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of type which theparticular tool shown holds and distributes.

Referring to the parts by reference numerals, 10 indicates the bod ofthe tool which is a split tube. That 18 to say, it is cylindrical exceptfor a slot 11 parallel with the axis.

20 indicates the type which have grooves 21 on their opposite sideswhich correspond to the-head and foot of the characters 22. The smooth,parallel ed es provided by the slot 11 of the tool are adapted to occupythe grooves 21 of the type the foot of thetype extendin into the tubeand the head of the type pro ecting outside of the tube. With such tubeinclined, as shown in the drawings, the type will slide by gravitytoward the lower end of. the tube.

To hold the type against escape from the lower end of the tube but toallow them to drop out, one at a time, whenever desired, I provide aspring gate designated 30. This gate has a shank, by which it is securedto the tube'lO, as by means of screws 40. The shank is preferablyprovided with a lateral head 31 to embrace, to a certain extent, thetube and more effectively hold the spring 1 gate thereto. At its freeend the spring 30 is provided with a yoke 32 which extends freely onopposite sides of the tube and passes over the top thereof. This freeend of the spring gate also has a tongue 34 placed centrally and'risingwithin an open space in the yoke and extending through a notch 12 in thelower wall. The yoke 32 is shown as rising approximately at right anglesto the shank of the gate 30 while the tongue bends backwardly toward thehead of the shank, as shown;

V \Vith the spring gate formed as described, the foremost type in theholder has'its head resting across the yoke of the cross bar 32, asshown in Fig. 2, while the tongue 34 is idle. If now the spring gate bepressed toward the tube, the tongue 34 engages the next to the bottomtype, while the yoke 32 rises above and frees the bottom type, allowingit to slide by gravity out of the tube. This operation may be veryconveniently accomplished by the operator holding the tube in his handand pressing the lower portion of the gate against some stationaryabutment, whereby the free end of the tube' is lowered to cause therelease of the bottom most type, as described. I have shown se-. curedto the under side of the spring gate a suitable knob 35 which preferablyis rounded on its under surface and receives the impact as the tool ismoved to discharge type.

Ordinarily a suitable case will be provided to receive the type havingdiflerent receptacles for different characters and to distribute thetype in the holder'it is only necessary to more it about from receptacleto receptacle and strikethe bumper 35 against the base or wall of thereceptacle to ,discharge the bottom type thereinto.

I have shown the type as having beveled feet 24 and I have shown thetongue 34 adapted to project between the bevels of the bottom type andthe next to the bottom type in order to engage the next to the bottomtype' This is a very eiiicient arrangement. as each type is effectivelyheld by the tongue 34 before the yoke 32 releases the bottom type. Mytool, however, may operate with type having flat bottoms, in which casethe end of the tongue 34 may be bent back to ward the secured portion ofthe spring gate so that it will obtain a spring bearing against the baseof the next to the bottom type sufiicient to hold the line of typetheremosttype.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim 1s:-

ii In atype distributing implement, the

combination of a portable split tube holder, a spring secured to theholder some distance back from the discharge end and extending on theunderside of the holder and having -two projecting portions,. one ofwhich may engage the endmost type and the other type next thereto.

2. In a type distributing implement, the combination of a portable splittube, and a spring secured to the under side of the tube and extendingalong it and, operable from below and having a freeend movable trans-'ersely of the tube, said end being provided with two. portions, one ofwhich may engage the endmost type and the other the type next to theend.

3. In a type distributing implement, the combination of a member forholding the line. of type, a spring gatesecured thereto and having ayoke extending loosely around the member and adapted to engage typeprojecting above the member, said gate having also a tongue extendinginto the member and adapted to engage the foot of type therein.'

4. In a type distributing implement, the combination of a portableholder for a row of grooved type, and a spring gate mounted on theholder and provided with means to engage the head of one t pe and thefoot of thenext adjacent type a ternately, said gate having a movableportion below the holder, whereby said gate may be operated by downwardmovement of the discharge end of the holder.

5. In a type distributing implement, the combination of a tubular typeholder havinga longitudinal slot through it whereby type grooved on itsopposite sides may be held in a row with their heads above the tube andtheir feet within the tube, and a spring gate secured to the tube andhaving a yoke passing around the tube and adapted to engage the heads ofsuccessive type, said gate having a tongue projecting into the tubeadapted to engage the feet of type.

6. In a type distributing implement, the combination of a. split tube, aspring gate secured to the tube on the side away from above when theyoke 32 releases the bot'tonr 2 I p ing a' portion of the gate andextending 1 ,051 ,eoe

the split, said tube having an opening on the side ad acent to the gate,a tongue formthrough such opening and adapted to engage the type withinthe tube, and other means carried by the ate for engaging the head ofthe type outsi e of the tube. A

.7. A type distributing implement adapted to operate with type groovedon its opposite sides and beveled on its feet comprising a split tubeforming a guideway for the type, and a spring gate carried by the tubeand yoking around it to engage the head of the type and having aprojecting tongue adapted to engage between the bevels of the feet ofthe type,

8. In a type distributing im lement, the

combination of aportable hol r-having a type channel for looselyconfininggrooved type, and a spring gate mounted on the holder andacting withinth'e holder on one type and having a yoke acting outside ofthe holder on the ad acent type to discharge them one at a time.

9. A portable type distributing im'plement-comprising-a holder having achannel for containin a row of type, and a gate,

mounted on t e holder and normally acting a on the endmost type in thechannel, said gate being movable by downward impact of the holder to acton next tothe endmost type.

ment, the combination of a split tube acting as a holder for a row oftype. and a spring gate mounted on said tube and normally acting ontheendmost type but movable by impact on its underside to act on thenext to the endmost.

11. As a new article of manufacture, a portable type distributingimplement having a channel for a row of type and a spring gate carriedby the implement and normally engaging and holding the endmost type butmovable by engagement of its underside to engage and hold the next tothe endmost while freeing the endmost type.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM MANN.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM EDWARD CARTER, JAS. A. Smrronn.

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10. In a portable type distributing implec

